Re: Configuration of BIND (named) for GNS in 11.2 RAC
Date: Mon, 5 Oct 2009 13:16:11 +0200 (CEST)
Message-ID: <54795.217.33.98.4.1254741371.squirrel_at_oberon.hgrfactory.com>
Seems like the last message hasn't come through, sending again...
Hello and thanks all for your replies, I have since figured out where the problem was. In my reverse lookup file I forgot to include the domain name, i.e. I did this:
....
10 IN PTR node1 20 IN PTR node2
...
when I should have done that:
10 IN PTR node1.the-playground.de. 20 IN PTR node2.the-playground.de. 30 IN PTR node3.the-playground.de.
I have since blogged about the two 11.2 RAC DNS setups, using GNS and the pre 11.2 manual method at the following URLs
http://bit.ly/1xsF07
http://bit.ly/tvnnc
for those who are interested. I am hoping to complete the series soon...
Thanks again for all your help,
Martin
Matthew Zito wrote:
> It's hard to say without testing it, but the issue could be that your
bind server is configured to slave the prod-cluster.the-playground.de
from the gns-server IP, which does not yet exist (hasn't been bound to
the machine). This will cause bind to attempt to contact that IP, fail
to, and then start returning SERVFAIL to queries directed against that
subdomain, since it hasn't been able to slave the zone (this is correct
behavior, btw, since NXDOMAIN is a cacheable query response, and in this
case the dns server is just saying, "hey, look, maybe it's me").
>
> Try removing the prod-cluster search subdomain, and if that doesn't
work, you can try reversing the nsswitch order.
>
> You can also manually enter your gns-server ip in the hosts file, see if
that fixes it.
>
> Matt
>
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org on behalf of Martin Bach
> Sent: Tue 9/29/2009 5:54 AM
> To: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
> Subject: Configuration of BIND (named) for GNS in 11.2 RAC
>
> Hello group,
>
> I am trying to get my head around GNS but somehow I am unable to install
Grid Infrastructure for RAC. OUI complains about INS-40904, unable to
resolve the hostname I put in.
>
> INFO: Completed validating state <CRSNodeInformationUI>
> INFO: Terminating all background operations
> INFO: Terminated all background operations
> INFO: Transition aborted
> INFO: Rolled back to state <CRSNodeInformationUI>
> INFO: Waiting for completion of background operations
> INFO: Completed background operations
> INFO: Validating view at state <CRSNodeInformationUI>
> INFO: Completed validating view at state <CRSNodeInformationUI>
> INFO: Validating state <CRSNodeInformationUI>
> INFO: Performing Generic Validations
> INFO: Performing generic checks
> SEVERE: [FATAL] [INS-40904] ORACLE_HOSTNAME does not resolve to a valid
host name.
> CAUSE: The value provided for ORACLE_HOSTNAME does not resolve to a
> valid host name.
> ACTION: Provide a valid host name for ORACLE_HOSTNAME, and restart the
> installer.
>
> This is RHEL 5.4 32bit, bind and dhcpd are configured and running. I am
pretty sure that name resolution works as I can ping the hosts without
entries in /etc/hosts. /etc/resolve.conf and /etc/nsswitch.conf are as
follows, I have attached my bind configuration (the custom one) to the
email. I also used the advanced installation as explained in the
documentation section 2.7.3 DNS Configuration for Domain Delegation to
Grid Naming Service
>
> More info:
>
> [root_at_node1 OraInstall2009-09-28_08-48-53PM]# cat /etc/resolv.conf
>
> options attempts: 2
> options timeout: 1
>
> #search the-playground.de prodcluster.the-playground.de search
prodcluster.the-playground.de the-playground.de nameserver
192.168.30.10
>
> [root_at_node1 OraInstall2009-09-28_08-48-53PM]# grep hosts
/etc/nsswitch.conf hosts: dns files
>
>
> Any pointers greatly appreciated. BTW there is nothing on google or
metalink about the particular error.... The gns-server VIP is not
assigned to a host (can't ping it). The DNS server host can't reach the
Internet, bind occasionally complains about not being able to resolve
"." zone (which I don't want it to)
>
> Regards,
>
> Martin
>
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